Bruce Springsteen?s ?Wrecking Ball? tour rocked the Izod Center in April. Springsteen and the E Street Band performed Wednesday at the Prudential Center in Newark.

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Kelly-Jane Cotter
| NJ Press Media

Bruce Springsteen has an affinity for cities, especially when they're mired in trouble or working their way out.

Asbury Park, New York, Philadelphia and New Orleans have been among the settings of Springsteen's best concerts. And now Newark, a place with so much potential, has inspired one of those above-and-beyond, knock-out shows from Springsteen and the E Street Band.

Wednesday's concert at the Prudential Center marked Springsteen's debut in Newark, which he noted with pride was the birthplace of E Street drummer Max Weinberg as well as of Whitney Houston, Philip Roth and other ...